Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oasis Gin, Inc., 810 CO RD 331, SEMINOLE, TEXAS 79360
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was walking when they were struck by a loader transporting round bales of cotton to be processed, resulting in a head injury.
An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.
An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.
An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.
An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.
An employee stood on a conveyor wall to unclog the cotton feeder. The employee fell on the moving conveyor and fractured his right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
Multiple employees were using baling buckets to remove 750 gallons of 150-degree hydraulic oil out of a pit in a confined space for approximately 5.5 hours. The injured employee was standing on a ladder performing this task when they fell feet-first into the hydraulic oil pit, resulting in burns on both legs.
An employee was removing cotton build-up from a roller gin when their hand was pulled into the rollers. The employee sustained soft tissue damage to their right hand and forearm.
An employee was using an electric module tarp roller to roll up used module tarps for storage. The employee's thumb became caught in the module tarp roller and his arm was pulled into the roller bar. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.